Ignorance of the law is no defense. Also, idiot.A 36-year-old man from Missouri who prosecutors allege left a loaded pistol on U.S. Capitol grounds amid the rioting on Jan. 6, 2021 is facing multiple charges.A criminal complaint alleges that Jerod Thomas Bargar illegally traveled across state lines with a 9-millimeter semi-automatic pistol and had it with him while on Capitol grounds the day of the riot.
Bargar told authorities that he had been on Capitol grounds on the day of the riot, but asserted that he did not enter the building itself, officials said.
He later said that he had had the pistol on him on Jan. 6, though he was not licensed to carry in Washington, D.C., according to court documents, with prosecutors saying he “stated that he did not know at the time he travelled to Washington, D.C. that it was illegal to possess a handgun in Washington, D.C. or on Federal property.”
The Hill
I want to know how he "left" it there. Here's the brilliant Jerod proud of himself on January 6... "Parcially"Bargar is charged with entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon; unlawful possession of a firearm on Capitol grounds or buildings; unlawful possession a pistol outside their home or place of business in the District of Columbia without a valid license and registration certificate issued by the District of Columbia; and unlawful possession, sell, or transfer of any large-capacity ammunition feeding device in the D.C.
He had a fucking bullet in the fucking chamber.A later examination of Bargar’s Facebook account, the charging document said, showed he had made some alterations.
“He had changed the name on the account to Thomas Bargar, and the place of residence to New Jersey.”
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The firearm was a 9mm semi-automatic pistol “held in a distinctive holster that displayed an image of the American flag and had the words ‘We The People’ written on it,” the charging document said.
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The firearm contained one 9mm cartridge stamped “WIN 9mm LUGER” in the chamber and approximately 15 9mm cartridges in the magazine, the document said, with a total capacity of more than 10 rounds.
AOL
Now I want to know the breakdown of the various states' participants.Bargar, 36, is the 23rd Missouri resident to be charged in connection with the Capitol riot.
Then WTF did he bring a loaded semi-automatic for? That wasn't over the line? Did he think there would be no police protection against armed insurrectionists?“Bargar stated that he did not enter the Capitol building or participate in illegal activity because he knew where the ‘line’ was” and that it “was obvious officers were trying to keep protesters out,” the document said.
Jesus. Not a lot of protection if you can't even keep up with your gun. So now we know how he came to leave it there. As to where the insurrectionists hail from...“Bargar stated that he is always armed and wanted to be armed when he went to the ‘belly of the beast’ for his own ‘self-protection.’”
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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives conducted a search based on the serial number, and the results gave the owner’s name as someone with the initials “D.F.”
FBI agents interviewed “D.F.” at his home in Missouri on June 14, 2021, the document said. The man told agents he hadn’t owned the firearm for several years and couldn’t remember whether he’d sold it or pawned it. He gave them the name of a Jefferson City pawn shop. Agents went to the shop two days later and were told that “D.F.” had pawned the firearm in November 2011 and that it was purchased by “R.N.” that same month.
On July 13, 2021, the document said, FBI agents interviewed “R.N.” at his Missouri home. He said he’d given the firearm to his stepson, Jerod Bargar, about a year-and-a-half earlier.
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Bargar told agents that he and his friend were at the Capitol on Jan. 6 and were in a group of protesters outside the building when police began to spray tear gas and deploy other munitions into the crowd. He said a woman was knocked to the ground, and he and his friend helped her up. Soon after that, he said, he realized he had lost his firearm.
I didn't find the state by state breakdown. You'd think someone would have published that. There's a searchable DOJ tracker of charged individuals showing where the arrests were made. I don't want my question answered badly enough to make the compilation myself.The 377 people did not come from pro-Trump counties. In fact, the majority of them came from “blue counties that [Joe] Biden won comfortably,” Pape found. But he also analyzed recent demographic changes in the home counties of the protesters, leading him to this finding:
“By far the most interesting characteristic common to the insurrectionists’ backgrounds has to do with changes in their local demographics: Counties with the most significant declines in the non-Hispanic White population are the most likely to produce insurrectionists who now face charges.”
MinnPost
....but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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